‘A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE’: Altermidya condemns the guilty verdict on Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s case
The decision is a grave injustice and is a serious peril to the already dire state of press freedom and free expression in the Philippines.
Statements
Groups picket at DOJ ahead of promulgation: Acquit Frenchie Mae Cumpio, Drop all charges against Tacloban 5!
Tomorrow, January 22, our colleague Frenchie Mae Cumpio will face the promulgation of the two trumped-up charges against her at the Tacloban regional trial court. The Altermidya Network, together with all advocates of press freedom and free expression, demands the...
#FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio: International NGO Coalition Urges Journalist’s Release ahead of expected verdict
January 14, 2025 – A coalition of international and local press freedom organisations is urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to immediately and unconditionally release prominent journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, whose promulgation of judgment in the illegal firearms...
FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio: International coalition of NGOs
The international coalition of press freedom NGOs welcomes thedecision of the Laoang Regional Trial Court Branch 21 to grant the motion to quash thebaseless murder charge filed against community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. Thisruling marks a significant step...
STATEMENT: Civil forfeiture case dismissal highlights folly of ‘terrorist’ allegation, trumped-up charges vs Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Marielle Domequil
Altermidya Network welcomes the Court of Appeals’ decision to void the civil forfeiture case filed by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) against community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and lay worker Marielle Domequil. The case is in relation to the PHP557,360...
Stop the harassment of student journalists covering anti-corruption protests
Altermidya Network condemns the apparent attempt by the Philippine National Police–Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP–CIDG) to intimidate campus journalist Jacob Vergara Baluyot, associate editor of The Catalyst, after he covered the September 21 Aksyon...
#FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio: International NGO Coalition Urges journalist’s Release on Philippines’ National Press Freedom Day
Ahead of the Philippines’ National Press Freedom Day, a coalition of international and local press freedom organizations is urging President Ferdinand"Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to immediately and unconditionally release community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. Detained...
Altermidya condemns the killing of journalist Anas al-Sharif, 4 others in Gaza
Altermidya – People’s Alternative Media Network condemns in the strongest terms the killing of Anas al-Sharif, a respected Gaza correspondent of Al Jazeera, along with four other remaining Al Jazeera journalists still covering inside the besieged territory. Anas was...
Reinstate Bulatlat’s account, Altermidya urges Meta
Altermidya Network strongly condemns the complete disabling of our member publication Bulatlat.com’s Instagram account by Meta on August 8, 2025. This unilateral move, which Meta did without explanation, recourse, or transparency, is outright censorship. It denies the...
Altermidya network denounces rights violations against Frenchie Mae Cumpio and other PDLs
The Altermidya Network condemns the reported abuses committed under the watch of Tacloban City Jail warden Jail Inspector Eva E. Naputo, and Chief Unit Intelligence Officer SI01 Dalmacio C. Canayong Jr. against Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs), including the...
‘A well-orchestrated lie’: Detained Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio tells UN
Geneva, June 27, 2025 - A handwritten letter by journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who has been detained in the Philippines for more than five years without a conviction, was read out at the United Nations by U.N. special envoy Irene Khan, who called the 26-year-old’s...
Altermidya Network Statement on the Final Report of UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan
The Altermidya Network reiterates its urgent call for the immediate release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a community journalist and member of our network, who has been unjustly detained for over four years on baseless and politically motivated charges. Her case,...
#FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio: Press freedom coalition in Tacloban denied visit to Filipino journalist arbitrary detained for five years
Tacloban, 16 June 2025 – A coalition of press freedom organisations, composed of AlterMidya, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Free Press Unlimited (FPU), the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), and Reporters Without Borders (RSF),...